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Maria Grazia Francia

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Maria Grazia Francia
Born(1931-09-17)17 September 1931
Florence, Kingdom of Italy
Died4 March 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 89)
Terni, Italy
OccupationActress

Maria Grazia Francia (17 September 1931 – 4 March 2021) was an Italian actress of classic cinema.

Career

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Born in Florence, in the mid-1940s Francia moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.[1] She eventually left the course to star alongside Anna Magnani in Gennaro Righelli's Abbasso la ricchezza!.[1] Since then she appeared in several important films, directed by directors such as Luigi Zampa, Giuseppe De Santis and Mario Bonnard.[1] She was also active on stage and on television dramas, before retiring from acting in the early 1970s.[1] She died on March 4, 2021, at the age of 89 in Terni, Italy.[2]

Selected filmography

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Francia, in the middle, in The Vow (1950)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Roberto Chiti. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese, 1999. ISBN 8877423420.
  2. ^ "Attori : Maria Grazia Francia – Il mito di Carosello" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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